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RE: Who Was the Last Know-It-All? Considering Kircher, Goethe, Humboldt, and Young

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Nice read but still amaze me how one person could boast of such knowledge, being a connoisseur is no small task. Though knowledge might not have expanded like this but being expert at two or more unrelated fields/discipline is no small task. Considering being an authority in religion and physics, two parallel lines that would never meet.

I'm I the only one that notice Goethe and Humboldt were friends, friends rub it on each other. I need a smarter friend than myself. Lesson learnt.

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Haha. Yes, there was a group of them who knew each other and synergized together: Goethe, Schiller, Humboldt, and Humboldt's brother Wilhelm. Schiller and Wilhelm were no slouches either. Maybe knowing more intelligent people would help. :)

Good advice, Steemit is doing that already. The volume of intelligent write up I consume daily on the platform has broadened my knowledge on diverse field too. I would need much more effort to get erudite offline. Learning is endless, a good hobby I'm inculcating. Thanks for the advice.